EU Constitution

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Prime Minister if he will undertake to hold a referendum in the UK on UK accession to the Treaty establishing a Constitution for the European Union if the French vote no in their referendum.

Tony Blair: I refer the hon. Member to the Statement my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary (Mr. Straw) gave on 6 June 2005, Official Report, columns 991–92.

Affordable Housing

Andy Reed: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much from (a) Housing Corporation Approved Development Programme funding and (b) Challenge Fund sources was spent on (i) mixed funding social rented housing, (ii) temporary social rented housing, (iii) Homebuy general market purchase, (iv) Homebuy general new build, (v) mixed funded low cost home ownership for sale, (vi) miscellaneous works to RSL stock, (vii) improvements to rented RSL stock, (viii) works only rehabilitation of rented RSL stock, (ix) works only rehabilitation of RSL stock for sale, (x) intermediate rent for key workers, (xi) Homebuy market purchase for key workers, (xii) Homebuy new build for key workers and (xiii) mixed funded sale for key workers in the East Midlands region in each year since 1997–98.

Yvette Cooper: The following table shows funding through the Housing Corporation Approved Development Programme in the East Midlands region for the categories (i) to (ix). The information in the table does not include all programmes that the ADP is used for and therefore does not represent the total funding for the East Midlands region. Other categories with funding during the time period covered by the table are Right to Acquire, Voluntary Purchase Grant, Do-It-Yourself Shared Ownership, and Temporary Intermediate and Market Rent Housing.
	The Key Worker Living programme is limited to London and the wider South East, therefore there is no investment in categories (x) to (xiii) in the East Midlands through this programme.
	The Challenge Fund was limited to London, South East and Eastern regions, therefore there is no Challenge Fund expenditure in the East Midlands.
	
		Expenditure for the East Midlands Region from 1997–98 to 2004–05
		
			 £ million 
			  1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 
		
		
			 (i) Mixed funded Social Rent 20.34 18.79 21.36 23.63 25.31 31.61 40.14 48.07 
			 (ii) Temporary Social Housing 1.42 0.00 0.29 0.40 0.02 0.21 0.12 0.27 
			 (iii) Homebuy market purchase 0.00 0.00 0.47 1.01 1.43 1.05 2.31 3.30 
			 (iv) Homebuy New Build n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.00 
			 (v) Mixed-funded Low Cost Home Ownership 3.26 2.87 1.87 2.48 3.00 4.14 8.33 12.42 
			 (vi) Miscellaneous Works 4.33 1.35 2.83 3.39 3.26 2.02 1.05 0.37 
			 (vii) Re-improvements to rented RSL stock 0.00 0.00 0.71 0.85 0.75 0.23 0.21 0.01 
			 (viii) Works-only re-hab for rented RSL stock 0.00 0.00 0.13 0.08 0.23 0.03 0.54 0.41 
			 (ix) Works only re-hab of RSL stock for sale 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 
		
	
	Note:
	Categories (vii), (viii), and (ix) are included in Miscellaneous Works (vi) for years 1997–98 and 1998–99.

Affordable Housing

Andy Reed: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many affordable housing units built or procured through (a) the Housing Corporation Approved Development Programme and (b) the Challenge Fund were classified as (i) mixed funding social rented housing, (ii) temporary social rented housing, (iii) Homebuy general market purchase, (iv) Homebuy general new build, (v) mixed funded low cost home ownership for sale, (vi) miscellaneous works to RSL stock, (vii) improvements to rented RSL stock, (viii) works only rehabilitation of rented RSL stock, (ix) works only rehabilitation of RSL stock for sale, (x) intermediate rent for key workers, (xi) Homebuy market purchase for key workers, (xii) Homebuy new build for key workers and (xiii) mixed funded sale for key workers in the East Midlands region in each year since 1997–98.

Yvette Cooper: The following table shows completions through the Housing Corporation Approved Development Programme in the East Midlands region for the categories (i) to (ix). The information in the table does not include all programmes that the ADP is used for and therefore does not represent the total funding for the region. Other categories with completions during the time period covered by the table are Right to Acquire, Voluntary Purchase Grant, Do-It-Yourself Shared Ownership, and Temporary Intermediate and Market Rent Housing.
	The Key Worker Living programme is limited to London and the wider South East, therefore there is no investment in categories (x) to (xiii) in the East Midlands through this programme.
	The Challenge Fund was limited to London, South East and Eastern regions, therefore there are no Challenge Fund completions recorded for East Midlands.
	
		Completions in units for the East Midlands region from 1997–98 to 2004–05
		
			 Year (units completed) 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 
		
		
			 (i) Mixed funded social rent 1,489 1,723 1,385 1,222 1,225 1,000 1,030 1,116 
			 (ii) Temporary social housing 179 75 59 41 4 0 19 0 
			 (iii) Homebuy market purchase 0 0 34 70 88 63 108 124 
			 (iv) Homebuy new build n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 
			 (v) Mixed-funded low cost home ownership 451 293 341 191 230 158 282 432 
			 (vi) Miscellaneous works n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 (vii) Re-improvements to rented RSL stock n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 (viii) Works-only re-hab for rented RSL stock n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 (ix) Works only re-hab of RSL stock for sale n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
		
	
	Note:
	Categories (vi) to (ix) do not have complete records of units.

Affordable Housing

David Kidney: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many affordable housing units built or procured through the Housing Corporation Approved Development Programme and Challenge Fund were (a) mixed funded social rented housing, (b) temporary social rented housing, (c) homebuy general market purchase, (d) homebuy general new build, (e) mixed funded low cost home ownership for sale, (f) miscellaneous works to RSL stock, (g) reimprovements to rented RSL stock, (h) works only rehabilitation of rented RSL stock, (i) works only rehabilitation of RSL stock for sale, (j) intermediate rent for key workers, (k) homebuy market purchase for key workers, (l) homebuy new build for key workers and (m) mixed funded sale for key workers in the West Midlands Region in each year since 1997–98; and how much was spent on each category in each year.

Yvette Cooper: The following tables show completions and expenditure through the Housing Corporation Approved Development Programme, for categories from (a) to (i) . The information in the tables do not include all programmes that the ADP is used for and therefore does not represent the total funding for the West Midlands region. Other categories with funding during the time period covered by the table are Right to Acquire, Voluntary Purchase Grant, Starter Home Initiative, Do-It-Yourself Shared Ownership, and Temporary Intermediate and Market Rent Housing.
	The Key Worker Living programme was limited to London and the wider South East, therefore there are no completions or investment in categories (j) to (m) in the West Midlands region through this programme.
	The Challenge Fund was limited to London, South East and Eastern regions, therefore there is no Challenge Fund expenditure in West Midlands.
	Funding and completions are not directly comparable, as funding will relate to projects running, not necessarily units completed, in any one year.
	
		Completions in units for the West Midlands Region from 1997–98 to 2004–05
		
			 Units completed 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 
		
		
			 (a) Mixed funded Social Rent 2,213 2,022 2,189 1,816 1,496 2,184 1,474 1,430 
			 (b) Temporary Social Rented Housing 304 163 72 49 34 5 9 0 
			 (c) Homebuy market purchase 0 0 0 69 58 101 206 274 
			 (d) Homebuy New Build n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 
			 (e) Mixed-funded Low Cost Home Ownership 463 387 342 171 138 143 189 440 
			 (f) Miscellaneous Works n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 (g) Re-improvements to rented RSL stock n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 (h) Works-only re-hab for rented RSL stock n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 (i) Works only re-hab of RSL stock for sale n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
		
	
	Note:
	Categories (f) to (i) do not have complete records of units.
	
		Expenditure for the West Midlands Region from 1997–98 to 2004–05
		
			 £ million 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 
		
		
			 (a) Mixed funded Social Rent 36.38 36.59 37.93 44.36 50.37 55.55 71.48 77.63 
			 (b) Temporary Social Housing 1.88 0.00 0.89 0.57 0.51 0.14 0.20 0.00 
			 (c) Homebuy market purchase 0.00 0.00 0.69 1.18 1.21 2.34 5.25 8.39 
			 (d) Homebuy New Build n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.00 
			 (e) Mixed-funded Low Cost Home Ownership 6.60 4.04 2.50 2.07 1.31 2.89 6.75 13.73 
			 (f) Miscellaneous Works 5.31 2.49 0.64 1.22 0.75 0.62 0.52 0.28 
			 (g) Re-improvements to rented RSL stock 0.00 0.00 2.23 1.66 1.88 2.12 2.64 1.46 
			 (h) Works-only re-hab for rented RSL stock 0.00 0.00 0.15 0.03 0.29 0.37 0.93 0.28 
			 (i) Works only re-hab of RSL stock for sale 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 
		
	
	Note:
	Categories (g), (h), and (i) are included in Miscellaneous Works (f) for years 1997–98 and 1998–99.

Local Strategic Partnerships

John Pugh: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what studies the Department has commissioned of the workings of local strategic partnerships.

Phil Woolas: In 2002 the Department commissioned a comprehensive Local Strategic Partnerships (LSP) evaluation and action learning programme, which will complete by end this year. Key components include: in-depth case study research, surveys of all LSPs every two years, and research based guidance on a range of topics highlighting good practice and advice.
	This research was jointly commissioned by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Department for Transport. Findings indicate that LSPs have made good progress since their recent establishment; however, there are areas for improvement to which the research has produced pragmatic support. Evidence from the research also directly informs evolving policy on community leadership.
	The Neighbourhood Renewal Unit has additionally commissioned a small number of neighbourhood-renewal specific studies to complement the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister-wide evaluation. One study summarised and analysed the Local Neighbourhood Renewal Strategies produced by the 88 Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (NRF) areas. Another study summarised overall progress with LSPs in the 88 NRF areas, drawing mainly on existing evidence.

Immigration

Frank Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people who immigrated into the UK in each year between 1990 and 2004.

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
	Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Frank Field, dated 8 June 2005
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question regarding estimates for the number of people migrating to the UK in each year between 1990 and 2004. (2581)
	The methodology used to make estimates of international migration to and from the UK has been improved in recent years. The new methodology has been used to produce revised estimates back to 1991. Therefore the estimate for 1990 would not be directly comparable with those for other years. For this reason, the attached table shows estimates for 1991 onwards. The most recent estimates are for 2003. Estimates for 2004 will be published in November 2005.
	These estimates are extracted from the annual reference volume "Series MN, International Migration". The most recent edition, "Series MN no.30, International migration, 2003", includes estimates for 1994 to 2003. Copies of this publication, and earlier editions, can be accessed at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/Product.asp?vlnk=507. 
	
		Total International migration(5): 1991 to 2003 Thousand
		
			 United Kingdom Inflow(6)(immigration to the UK) 
		
		
			 1991 328.4 
			 1992 267.6 
			 1993 265.1 
			 1994 314.4 
			 1995 311.9 
			 1996 317.8 
			 1997 326.1 
			 1998 390.3 
			 1999 453.8 
			 2000 483.4 
			 2001 479.6 
			 2002 512.8 
			 2003 512.6 
		
	
	(5) Data for 1991–2003 are based mainly on data from the International Passenger Survey. Includes adjustments for (1) those whose intended length of stay changes so that their migrant status changes; (2) asylum seekers and their dependants not identified by the IPS; and (3) flows between the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
	(6) These estimates are extracted from the annual reference volume Series MN, International Migration. The most recent edition, Serves MN no. 30, International migration, 2003, includes estimates for 1994 to 2003. Copies of this publication, and earlier editions, can be accessed at: http://www.Statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/Product.asp?vlnk=507

Manufacturing (London)

Sarah Teather: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were employed in manufacturing industry in (a) Brent East and (b) each London borough in each year since 1997.

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
	Letter from Len Cook to Ms Sarah Teather, dated 8 June 2005
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many people were employed in the manufacturing industry in Brent East Parliamentary Constituency and in each London borough. (2540)
	The attached table shows the number of employee jobs in manufacturing, in the requested areas, from 1997 to 2003. This is the latest year for which information is available. The data are published on the Office for National Statistics' Nomis website (http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/). Comparable figures for those local areas, including self-employed jobs are not available.
	
		Employee jobs in the manufacturing industry—1997 to 2003 Thousand
		
			  (7)1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 
		
		
			 Brent East Parliamentary Constituency 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 
			 London boroughs
			 Barking and Dagenham 15 16 16 12 10 9 9 
			 Barnet 5 5 6 5 4 4 4 
			 Bexley 8 9 10 9 9 8 7 
			 Brent 13 13 14 14 14 12 10 
			 Bromley 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 
			 Camden 15 13 14 14 14 13 13 
			 City of London 5 5 3 4 5 4 3 
			 Croydon 10 9 10 9 8 7 7 
			 Baling 13 14 14 13 12 11 11 
			 Enfield 11 11 11 11 10 9 8 
			 Greenwich 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 
			 Hackney 11 11 9 8 7 7 6 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 
			 Haringey 8 8 7 6 6 5 5 
			 Harrow 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 
			 Havering 7 7 6 7 5 5 5 
			 Hillingdon 12 13 13 13 12 11 9 
			 Hounslow 11 10 9 8 8 8 7 
			 Islington 12 11 11 11 11 9 10 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 
			 Kingston-upon-Thames 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 
			 Lambeth 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 
			 Lewisham 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 
			 Merton 9 9 10 10 9 8 6 
			 Newham 7 7 8 7 7 6 5 
			 Redbridge 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 
			 Richmond-upon-Thames 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 
			 Southwark 12 12 13 13 12 11 11 
			 Sutton 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 
			 Tower Hamlets 15 16 19 16 16 15 14 
			 Waltham Forest 7 8 8 8 6 6 5 
			 Wandsworth 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 
			 Westminster 20 21 22 21 19 18 17 
		
	
	(7) Data is for December of each year.
	Source:
	Annual Business Inquiry, 1998–2003; Annual Employment Survey, 1997

Live8 Concert (VAT)

Sarah Teather: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received regarding the VAT liability of the proposed staging of the Live8 concert in Hyde Park; and if he will make a statement.

Ivan Lewis: The Government have discussed VAT and other issues with Live8 and their advisers, and has already announced support with staging and clear-up costs for the Hyde Park event, worth some £500,000.

Private Finance Initiative

Philip Hammond: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the private finance initiative and public private partnership projects the Treasury is undertaking; and what the status is of each.

John Healey: The Treasury's only PFI project is for its office building at 1 Horse Guards Road. Details of the scheme are on the Treasury website http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/about/about building/about goggs goggs.cfm.

Miners' Compensation

Mark Todd: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the accuracy of analyses prepared for his Department of the number of deceased mineworkers' damages claims for (a) Nottinghamshire, (b) Derbyshire and (c) Leicestershire; and if he will make a statement.

Malcolm Wicks: Regional statistics in respect of live and deceased claims for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease classify the claim according to postal town codes of the solicitor handling the claim.
	The Department are aware that the ratio of live to deceased cases in Notts/Derbys/Leics is well out of line with that of other regions. As at 31 March 2005 there were 23,002 live and 5,511 deceased claims registered and reflected in the regional statistics for Notts/Derbys/Leics—a ratio of 81 per cent. live to 19 per cent. deceased. The ratio for the other six regions ranged between 33 per cent. to 44 per cent. for live claims and 56 per cent. to 67 per cent. for deceased claims.
	In order to assess the reasons for this variance, the Department's claims handlers, Capita, ran a report by claimant post code where the postal town was for Notts/Derbys/Leics. This report was then matched against a second report in respect of deceased claimants registered under the scheme, where they were registered with a solicitor in one of the other six regions.
	This exercise confirmed that the 5,511 deceased claims registered against the Notts/Derbys/Leics postal town region was accurate. The exercise has also confirmed that there are an additional 26,500 deceased claims with Notts/Derbys/Leics post codes who are registered with a variety of solicitors spread among the other six regions.

Armed Forces' Fighting Strength

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the fighting strength of the (a) British Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force has been in each year since 1992.

Don Touhig: The following table shows the full-time trained strength of UK armed forces at 1 April points since 1992, which includes trained UK regular forces, trained Gurkhas and FTRS (full-time reserve service) personnel. They do not include the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment, mobilised reservists or Activated Reservists.
	
		
			  Naval Service(8) Army Royal Air Force 
		
		
			 1992 55,930 140,630 81,970 
			 1993 55,280 132,940 78,860 
			 1994 52,410 121,760 74,210 
			 1995 48,200 108,700 69,430 
			 1996 45,550 103,560 62,510 
			 1997 41,680 101,360 54,200 
			 1998 40,480 100,880 52,680 
			 1999(9) 39,320 99,900 51,910 
			 2000 38,880 100,330 51,210 
			 2001 38,540 (10),(11),(12)100,560 50,110 
			 2002 37,490 (11),(12)100,390 49,200 
			 2003 37,600 (11),(12)102,010 48,900 
			 2004 37,470 (11),(12)103,560 49,120 
			 2005 36,320 102,440 49,210 
		
	
	(8) Naval Service includes Royal Navy and Marines.
	(9) FTRS were created by the Reserve Forces Act 1996 and none existed before late 1997 and were formally recorded from late 1998 only.
	(10) 1 April 2001 Army FTRS Officer figures are not available, data are for 1 March 2001.
	(11) The Army Officer FTRS strength figures supplied to DASA between April 2001 and October 2004 are currently under review. Figures contained in this table have been supplied by the Army Personnel Centre and should be considered as provisional.
	(12) provisional
	Note:
	All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.

Licensing Act

Mark Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 
	(1)  what consultations her Department has undertaken with (a) the licensed trade and (b) local authorities since 7 February regarding the coming into force of the Licensing Act 2003;
	(2)  what recommendations the Government have implemented since 7 February in relation to the Licensing Act 2003 began following representations from the licensed trade and local authorities.

James Purnell: Since 7 February my officials have held regular meetings with a stakeholder advisory group which comprises representatives of the licensed trade, local authorities, the police, and magistrates, among others. The advisory group met on 16 February; 15 March; 19 April and 16 May. The bodies represented on the advisory group include:
	Alcohol Concern
	Arts Council England
	Association of Chief Police Officers
	Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers
	Association of London Government
	Bar Entertainment and Dance Association
	British Beer and Pub Association
	British Hospitality and Restaurant Association
	British Institute of Innkeeping
	British Marine Federation
	British Retail Consortium
	Business in Sport and Leisure
	Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
	Cinema Exhibitors Association
	Committee of Registered Clubs Association
	Editor of Paterson's Licensing Acts
	Federation of Licensed Victuallers Association
	Guild of Master Victuallers
	Justices' Clerks Society
	Licensed Victuallers of Wales
	Local Authorities Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS)
	Local Government Association
	The Magistrates' Association
	Musicians Union
	I also chair a high level group to ensure the smooth running of the implementation of the Licensing Act 2003. The high level group met on 22 March; 4 May; and 23 May. It comprises representatives of:
	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	Home Office
	Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
	Association of Chief Police Officers
	British Beer and Pub Association
	Bar Entertainment and Dance Association
	British Retail Consortium
	Central Council for Physical Recreation
	Local Authorities Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS)
	Local Government Association
	Tourism Alliance
	Since 7 February, the DCMS have been engaged in targeted communications activity to encourage at-risk groups to make their applications as quickly as possible. We have recently re-doubled these efforts. We are also issuing guidance for applicants to help address some of the common mistakes which stakeholders inform us are being made on application forms and there will also be a revamp of the licensing pages on the DCMS website (www.culture.gov.uk) to make them more accessible for applicants. In addition, we have responded to requests from stakeholders seeking help on a number of issues including embedded restrictions; whether a personal licence holder must be at a premises at all times; and how transferred licences should be dealt with during the transitional period. The DCMS position on these matters has been circulated widely through the stakeholder groups and has helped ease the transitional process for both licensing authorities and applicants.

Continuing Care

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what her estimate is of the cost in England of providing (a) free personal care and (b) free long-term care in each year until 2015.

Liam Byrne: In England, the Government has accepted each of the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Long Term Care except the recommendation to provide free personal care in all settings.
	People who are eligible for national health service continuing care and those whose assets fall below the lower threshold used in the residential care means test automatically receive free personal care.
	Making personal care free for everyone carries a very substantial and increasing cost, but would not raise the standard or range of services available. The estimated cost for 2003–04 is £1.5 billion.
	The estimated costs for future years are shown in the table using 2003–04 constant prices. The projections take account of demographic change, in terms of numbers of older people by age, gender, household type and housing tenure. They assume that cost of care will rise by 2 per cent. per year in real terms, in line with average earnings. As with any projections, the figures should only be taken as broad estimates of the cost because of the uncertainty of projecting over such a long time scale.
	Research conducted by personal social services research unit and the university of Leicester, for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, suggest that free personal and nursing care would increase United Kingdom public spending on long-term care for older people to £42.6 billion in 2051 (1.45 per cent. of gross domestic product (GDP)) as opposed to £35.4 billion (1.20 per cent. of GDP) under the current funding system (without free personal care). These projections are at constant 2000 prices.
	
		Estimated costs of free personal care—England. Constant 2003–04 prices
		
			  £ billion 
		
		
			 2003 1.5 
			 2004 1.6 
			 2005 1.7 
			 2006 1.8 
			 2007 1.9 
			 2008 2.0 
			 2009 2.0 
			 2010 2.1 
			 2011 2.2 
			 2012 2.3 
			 2013 2.4 
			 2014 2.5 
			 2015 2.6 
		
	
	Source:
	Department of Health analysis using projections supplied by personal social services research unit.
	We have not made projections of the costs of making long-term care free.